Chapter 104: Changxi Breaks Down In Tears

Outside the mirror.

When they heard what Changxi had just said, they felt all their hair stand on end.

“Killing me is the same as killing her!”
“The ancient demon emperor from before said the same thing.”

“Could it be that the demon emperor from before was part of this plan?”

The cultivators were taken aback.

Several of them also immediately recalled something.

“Do the rest of you remember? After the ancient emperor died, its immortal divine sense turned into will, spewed some curses, then seemed to have done something to the Moon Goddess.”

“Yes, yes! The Moon Goddess’ cultivation level also suddenly went up.”

“But at that time I thought I was mistaken and didn’t give it much thought. But now that you mention it, yes, I saw that too. After that ancient emperor muttered some curses, it seemed like something within the Moon Goddess’ body was awakened.”

More and more people began to analyze this situation.

“Do the rest of you remember, that when the Heavenly Emperor was preparing to kill the Golden Crow Great Emperor, the moment he was about to enter the Fusang Palace.”

“There was a wisp of black murderous qi that rushed into the Moon Goddess’ body. I suppose that was the moment the Moon Goddess’ body contained part of her sister’s soul.”

“It’s just that because they are sisters with the same roots and share many similarities, the Moon Goddess didn’t notice at all.”

“But after the ancient emperor died, it used these curses to reactivate that remnant of her soul and gave her some power as well.”

“That’s why we saw the Moon Goddess become stronger. An aura of sorts was awakened within her body.”

“Right from the start, someone was pushing this whole thing along. And that person is probably the owner of that fox tail that the Heavenly Emperor cut off.”

…

“I see! I see!”

More and more people began to understand. They could now answer all the doubts that had been circling their hearts.

Everyone felt a chill down their spine.

Such a plot, such a scheme, was all for the sake of ruining the Heavenly Emperor’s reputation!

If the Heavenly Emperor hadn’t been suppressed and they could now see his past through the fragments of his soul, he would probably have carried this awful reputation forevermore!

Some cultivators were still stumped and asked, “But why didn’t the Heavenly Emperor explain himself?”

“He clearly hadn’t done it. Even if mortals and cultivators accused him of doing so, he was called the ruler of the humans, a human Emperor cultivator who enjoyed extremely high status among the humans. If he just explained himself, he wouldn’t have had to bear the blame, would he?”

After those words were said, many powerful cultivators immediately scolded them angrily, “You still don’t get it?!”

“The one who massacred the humans was the Moon Goddess! The Heavenly Emperor didn’t want the humans to curse her, he didn’t want her to blame herself. That’s why he was willing to take the blame for all of this!”

“He bore the accusations for all time, the curses and disdain for millennia!!”

Those cultivators were enlightened and their expressions showed the deep shock they felt.

“I see, I see…”

Meanwhile, Changxi was rooted to the ground and didn’t say a word.

Her gaze was extremely conflicted.

But a veil covered the rest of her face, so nobody could see what her true expression was.

But from her mildly trembling body, everyone could sense the emotions she must be feeling now.

Those incomparably complicated emotions!

Ye Chen looked like he had just stepped on dogshit. His expression was really nasty now.

He had been looking forward to the part where the Heavenly Emperor massacred the humans. He had been looking forward to it for so long.

He had been hoping to use that to help these cultivators see how bloodthirsty the Heavenly Emperor had been since then.

But it never crossed his mind.

That the truth of the past was actually so different from everything he had expected.

Not only did he fail to garner the cursing and blaming of the Heavenly Emperor he had hoped for, the cultivators were now feeling even greater respect and admiration for the Heavenly Emperor instead.

And most importantly…the Moon Goddess!

He could sense that this woman was now far, far away from his control!

She was now like a time bomb that could explode at any moment.

…

Inside the mirror.

Gu Changqing furrowed his brows as he stared at the woman before him in silence.

His expression was frosty.

He had never expected that a woman’s heart for revenge could be so strong that she would be willing to make use of even her own biological sister.

“Suppress!”

An ear deafening roar resounded from Gu Changqing’s mouth.

In that moment, a gigantic, terrifying will of human dao spewed forth from around him, drowning the skies and drowning the city below as well.

Changxi was trapped under the weight of this tremendous pressure and she couldn’t move at all.

But she didn’t look frightened at all. She was still laughing loudly.

“Hahaha! Gu Changqing, is this all you’re capable of?”

“You can’t bear to kill her?”

The aim of the queen, Xihe, had been reached already. She snorted and said to Gu Changqing, “Gu Changqing, I’m going to see how you explain this. On one side you have the woman you love, on the other side, you have your position in the world. I’m going to watch how you make a choice.”

After saying this, Xihe’s remnant soul suddenly disappeared from Changxi’s body.

The woman seemed to have lost all strength as she began to fall back into the sea of blood below.

Gu Changqing flew over.

And caught Changxi in his arms.

Tremendous pain arose in his heart.

“Oh, my head hurts so much.”

The woman in his arms frowned as she placed a fair hand on her forehead and slowly came to.

It was obvious that once Xihe’s soul disappeared, control of Changxi’s body returned to her original soul.

Changxi lifted her head in confusion to see Gu Changqing’s face.

She looked a little surprised, wondering why this man had suddenly appeared here.

Then she noticed the bloodstains on him.

And saw the bloodstains on herself.

In that moment, she seemed to have realized something.

She looked down at the city below.

Countless dead bodies, the stench of blood. It was like hell on earth.

She subconsciously broke free of Gu Changqing’s embrace, her expression filled with confusion and horror as she pointed at the piles of corpses.

Then she stared at the blood on herself, then at the blood on Gu Changqing.

“Why did you bring me here, what happened…”

Gu Changqing did not answer her. He just remained silent.

This woman was very pure and simpleminded.

If she were to find out that her older sister had made use of her, how hurt would she be?

If she were to find out that she was the one who massacred the human race, even though it was not of her own will, how much would she end up blaming herself for it?

“These people here…you killed them?”

Changxi asked him this question with some disbelief.

She really didn’t want to believe it.

But the blood on this man’s body and the countless corpses behind him said everything!

Gu Changqing did not reply, so there was nothing but silence in the air.

In that moment, Changxi’s gaze was filled with absolute horror. She even began feeling deep fear toward this man she was so familiar with.

The man standing proudly in front of her right now made her feel like she was seeing a complete stranger.

…

Outside the mirror.

The cultivators quietly watched all of this with a sullen look on their faces. Their emotions were very conflicted now.

“So, this is what the Moon Goddess meant when she said she saw it with her own two eyes?” said one of the cultivators, his voice sounding like he felt so angry for the Heavenly Emperor.

Another cultivator sighed quietly, “You can’t blame the Moon Goddess either. She had appeared in this place without knowing how and why, only to see that the entire city was literally dead and left with just the two of them. The Heavenly Emperor’s body was covered in so much blood, so it’s only natural that she would have misunderstood what happened.”

Other cultivators argued, “But these bloodstains were gotten from catching the Moon Goddess, those bloodstains were from her…”

In that moment, everything outside the mirror was silent.

Changxi’s heart was in tremendous pain.

Especially when she watched how she blamed this man for what she saw, the way she had felt so fearful and uncomfortable around him.

Her emotions completely collapsed in this moment.

“Why didn’t you tell me, why didn’t you just tell me the whole truth…”

In that moment.

The most mysterious Great Emperor from ancient times had tears flowing down her cheeks. Her entire body shook as she broke down in tears.